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Tan Kok Quan Partnership
1 WALLICH STREET
07-02 GUOCO TOWER
SINGAPORE 078881
Singapore

Work Department

  • Dispute Resolution
  • Restructuring and Insolvency
  • Investigations

Position

  • Joint Managing Partner
  • Co-Head of Dispute Resolution
  • Head of Insolvency, Restructuring and Investigations

Career

Eddee is Tan Kok Quan Partnership’s (TKQP) Joint Managing Partner and Co-Head of the Dispute Resolution practice. He also helms the Insolvency, Restructuring and Investigations practice.

Qualified in Singapore in 1997, Eddee commenced his legal career with Singapore law firm, Lee & Lee.  He joined TKQP in 2000 and was made a Partner in 2003.

Eddee has acted for international clientele in a wide spectrum of corporate and commercial litigation cases ranging from fields as diverse as banking, telecommunications, hospitality and wealth management. He has also been engaged in some of the most significant cross-border insolvency and restructuring matters in Singapore.

Eddee’s work has garnered plaudits from clients.  He has been ranked as a Recommended Lawyer for Dispute Resolution, and Restructuring and Insolvency by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific since 2017.  He has also been ranked in Band 3 for Restructuring/Insolvency by Chambers Asia-Pacific since 2020.  In addition, he has been named as one of the leading lawyers in the fields of Banking and Finance, and Litigation in Singapore since 2014.

Languages

  • English
  • Mandarin

Memberships

  • Member, The Law Society of Singapore’s Insolvency Practice Committee
  • Board Member, Singapore Institute of Legal Education
  • Member, Disciplinary Panel of the Institute of Valuers and Appraisers, Singapore
  • Member , Specialist Mediator Panel (Singapore), Singapore International Mediation Centre
  • Member, The Law Society of Singapore
  • Member, Singapore Academy of Law
  • Member, International Association of Defense Counsel
  • Member, International Bar Association
  • Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
  • Fellow, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators
  • Member, INSOL International
  • Fellow, Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore
  • Member, SIAC Users Council

Education

  • Postgraduate Practical Law Course, National University of Singapore, 1996
  • Bachelor of Laws (Hons), National University of Singapore, 1996

Lawyer Rankings

Singapore > Dispute resolution

Well-regarded for its ‘comprehensive range of services and client-centric approach’, Tan Kok Quan Partnership is prominent in Singapore’s dispute resolution landscape, regularly appearing before the High Court, Court of Appeal, and SICC, and earning a strong reputation in arbitration and mediation. Marina Chin SC is praised for her ‘robust advocacy skills’ and her ‘proficiency in both litigation and arbitration’. Chin leads the team alongside Eddee Ng, who handles a broad spectrum of disputes for banks, liquidators and domestic companies. Paul Seah has represented clients before all level of courts, and has acted as lead counsel in some of Singapore’s landmark cases in recent years.

Singapore > Restructuring and insolvency: local firms

Tan Kok Quan Partnership draws considerable praise from clients who turn to the team for its ‘technical knowledge and good communication skills’. The team is regularly instructed by commercial and investment banks, accounting firms and corporate enterprises on a range of distressed cases. Leading the team is Eddee Ng, who is described as an ‘outstanding advocate and delightful practitioner to work with’. Elsewhere in the team, Keith Tnee is praised as ‘personable’ and always doing his ‘best for his clients’. Paul Seah has a wealth of experience advising Singapore’s leading accounting firms and financial institutions on all facets of insolvencies, restructurings and investigations.